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1960s | |
Gene Chandler's, "Duke of Earl"
Misheard Lyrics: Ju-Ju-Ju-Jupiter
Original Lyrics: Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earl
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Harry Nilsson's, "Everybody's Talkin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Sailing on a submarine
Original Lyrics: Sailing on a summer breeze
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Sam Cooke's, "Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I don’t claim to be any stupid
Original Lyrics: Now I don’t claim to be any student
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Steve Miller Band's, "Living in The USA"
Misheard Lyrics: Somebody give a handjob
Original Lyrics: Somebody give me a hand, yeah
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Three Dog Night's, "Easy to Be Hard"
Misheard Lyrics: Special people who care about strangers
Original Lyrics: Especially people who care about strangers
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1970s | |
Bob Dylan's, "Lily Rosemary, And The Jack Of Hears"
Misheard Lyrics: Backstage the girls were playing,
Five tarts stood by the stairs Original Lyrics: Backstage the girls were playing,
'Five-Card Stud' by the stairs |
Boney M's, "Rasputin"
Misheard Lyrics: He drink it all and set up in fines.
Original Lyrics: He drank it all and said, “I feel fine.”
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Brian Hyland's, "Gypsy Woman"
Misheard Lyrics: How she's a chicken feed
Original Lyrics: How she enchanted me
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Cast of a Chorus Line's, "One"
Misheard Lyrics: One similar temptation
Original Lyrics: One singular sensation
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Janis Ian's, "At Seventeen"
Misheard Lyrics: Lacking in the social distance
Original Lyrics: Lacking in the social graces
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Jessi Colter's, "I'm Not Lisa"
Misheard Lyrics: With each rising star
Original Lyrics: With each rising sun
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Rod Stewart's, "Maggie May"
Misheard Lyrics: I laughed at Collier's jokes
Original Lyrics: I laughed at all of your jokes
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Stevie Wonder's, "Another Star"
Misheard Lyrics: Without commando
Original Lyrics: Without demanding
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Three Dog Night's, "The Show Must Go On"
Misheard Lyrics: Far away from this masturbation
Original Lyrics: Far away from this masquerade
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1980s | |
ABBA's, "The Winner Takes It All"
Misheard Lyrics: The guards may throw a dice
Original Lyrics: The gods may throw a dice
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Michael Jackson's, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
Misheard Lyrics: Ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma ma coo sa.
Original Lyrics: Imma say one more time I'm not gonna stop
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Mike + the Mechanics', "The Living Years"
Misheard Lyrics: To admit, we don't see, I don't mind
Original Lyrics: To admit, we don't see eye to eye
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Paul McCartney's, "My Brave Face"
Misheard Lyrics: To the London life
Original Lyrics: To the luxury life
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Phil Collins', "I Missed Again"
Misheard Lyrics: And I missed again
Original Lyrics: Did I miss again?
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Phil Collins', "In the Air Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: I've been waiting for this morning and all my life
Original Lyrics: I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
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Phil Collins', "Take Me Home"
Misheard Lyrics: So chase, chase me home
Original Lyrics: So take, take me home
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Prince's, "Raspberry Beret"
Misheard Lyrics: She had raspberries for breakfast
The kind you'd buy in a second hand store. Original Lyrics: She wore a raspberry beret,
The kind you'd find in a second-hand store |
Sting's, "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
Misheard Lyrics: Please, please, set me free
Original Lyrics: Free, free, set me free
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USA for Africa's, "We Are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: There's a COVID vaccine
That's saving our own lives Original Lyrics: There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives |
USA for Africa's, "We Are the World"
Misheard Lyrics: When we stand 6 feet apart
Original Lyrics: When we stand together as one
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1990s | |
Filter's, "Take a Picture"
Misheard Lyrics: Waco man king,
Waco man king, My skin is bread, My skin is bread. Original Lyrics: Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane My skin is bare My skin is theirs |
Ralph Tresvant's, "Sensitivity"
Misheard Lyrics: Don't need a man that will give you mutton, no
Come on, let me show you just what you need honey I got what you need Don't need a man that will treat you rotten Original Lyrics: Don't need a man that will give you money, no
Come on, let me show you just what you need honey I got what you need Don't need a man that will treat you funny |
Suede's, "Animal Nitrate"
Misheard Lyrics: Well he said he'd show you his pants
And he'd light up his chemical smile Original Lyrics: Well he said he'd show you his bed
And the delights of his chemical smile |
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TLC's, "No Scrubs"
Misheard Lyrics: Hanging on the passenger's side of his best friend's bride
Original Lyrics: Hanging on the passenger's side of his best friend's ride
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TLC's, "No Scrubs"
Misheard Lyrics: Trying COVID-19
or Trying a COVID vaccine Original Lyrics: Trying to holla at me
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2000s | |
Eddie Vedder's, "Setting Forth"
Misheard Lyrics: I a no concerned, butter no return
Go for every levers I listen recall Uh everytime a f**k I'm free A*s for the universe He Said up into universe Out here realize I *gibberish* say A nature jungle I keep I EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Original Lyrics: Be it no concern, point of no return
Go forward in reverse This I will recall Everytime I fall I'm free Setting forth in the universe Oh I'm free Setting forth in the universe Out here realigned A planet out of sight Nature drunk and high Oh I'm free I'm free... |
Holly Valance's, "Naughty Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Can't put the truth back in my life
Don't make me try and explain Let's just start a hurricane Original Lyrics: Can't put the truth back in my lies
Don't make me try and explain Let's just start over again |
Maroon 5's, "Makes Me Wonder"
Misheard Lyrics: 'cause I don't believe it's you, Annie Hall, Annie Hall
Original Lyrics: 'cause I don't believe it's true anymore, anymore
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Maroon 5's, "She Will Be Loved"
Misheard Lyrics: And she will beat up
Original Lyrics: And she will be loved
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Maroon 5's, "This Love"
Misheard Lyrics: This love has taken it totally
Original Lyrics: This love has taken its toll on me
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Vanessa Carlton's, "Pretty Baby"
Misheard Lyrics: Stumbling on leases that are far and few
Original Lyrics: Stumbling on reasons that are far and few
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2010s | |
Adele's, "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
Misheard Lyrics: Send my love to your new la-hello!
Jingle Bells Gotta let go of all of our clothes Both know we ain't kids no more Original Lyrics: Send my love to your new lover
Treat her better We've gotta let go of all of our ghosts We both know we ain't kids no more |
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Maroon 5's, "Girls Like You"
Misheard Lyrics: Maybe I'm buried alive
Original Lyrics: Maybe I'm barely alive
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country | |
Bobbie Gentry's, "Ode to Billie Joe"
Misheard Lyrics: A year has come and gone
Since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joel Original Lyrics: A year has come and gone
Since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe |
Lorne Greene's, "Ringo"
Misheard Lyrics: Clutching his six-ton in his hand
Original Lyrics: Clutching his six-gun in his hand
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